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ELEVEN IN DROWNED Steamer Kelton Caught In a Gale THE DECKLOAD SHIFTED A Big Wave Struck the Vessel, Washing the Deckload and Cabin Overboard LI FES AVERS RESCUE NINE Th VmmI Wm Riding at Anchor Mile OS Short With Tbrca An chori Down and Holding Until a Vend Bound North Picked Her up NEWPORT, Oregon, May 4. Elcvcn of the officers and crew of the ichooner Minnie E. Kelton, lum ber laden from Aberdeen, Waih., to San Francisco,, were killed or drown ed at the result of a' fearful gale Fri day night. ' The ichooner i.1 lying at anchor, half wrecked, about a tnile off shore between Yamtina Heads and Cape Foulwcathcr. Captain Jamci Me Henna and ll of lus crew were saved. The dead and mitring (un drmbtcdly dead) are: Oiler Walter Peterson, Fireman Barney McVey, Steward Svend Peterson, Cabin boys: R. W. Little and George Johnson; crew: A. EloNotson, A. Koske, G II. Jensen, O. Roskurst. and F Johnson, Chief Engineer C. R. Lund. Injured; Andrew J. Neilson. Saved: Captain James McKcnna, First Mate M. Martin, Second Mate John Mor tenson, First Assistant Engineer James Carney, Oiler Walter Hoffman, Fireman John Howard, Fireman C D. Hansen, sailors: A. Anderson, W, Kaiikensen and Andrew J. N'cilson. On ' Friday the Kelton ran into a strong headwind which increased as day proceeded until by midnight it was blowing a hard gale. The ves scl continually shipped large volumes of water and labored heavily in the sea. The rough weather continued until the vessel reached a point eight miles southwest of Yajuiina, when the deckload shifted and started the bulkheads of the fiijeroom and the vessel began filling from the bunkers and the engine room to the hold. The pumps proved unavailing against the inrush of water. Captain Kenna re alizing the seriousness of his position headed for the Columbia River, but his tires were soon extinguished. The Kelton filled rapidly and was soon wallowing around . at the mercy of the wind and waves. When north of Yaquina Head, the captain, seeing the honelessness of hts condition or dered the craft abandoned and di rected that the. Jifeboat which was large enough to hold "the entire crew, be lowered. " While engaged in clearing the life boat, the vessel suddenly shipped a tremendous sea, which swept over board, the deckload of lumber and with it the after deckhouse, both ooats ana u 01 tne men. snortiy aner ward a squall shut out from view' the lifeboat and the men on the wreck age. They were not seen again until three of their bodies had been picked up on the beach on Sunday. Mean time the men remaining on the Kel ton took refuge in the rigging, but fearing they would be swept overboard they crawled along the cargo booms and in his precarious manner suc ceeded in gaining the forecastle, where they remained until 'rescued Sunday afternoon. They had neither water nor provis ions and suffered greatly from hun- ger, thirst and exposure. During this time signals of distress had been flying but failed to attract the atten tion either of the life saving station or passing vessels. The first intelli gence of the wreck was brought to. Yaiiuina Day Life Saving Station about noon Sunday by Paul Chatter- ton, a farmer living ner the scene of the wreck. The .lifeboat w" Immediately sent up tne coast to tne iveuon na mc surfman with signalling apparatus went along the shore to the craft The life boat took the remaining members of the crew and landed them, safely about two miles above the wreck. Search was then made for those sailors who might have been washed ashore. The boat was found a short distance further north with one man lying dead in the bottom of it Half a mile further up the beach another body was found on the beach and a third body was found in a mass of wreckage near the second one. A. J. Neilson, one of the men who had been abandoned on the wreck age managed to save his life after undergoing a horrible experience. When the wreckage struck the beach Saturday night, the breakers piled the lumber on top of the unfortunate sailors, Neilson with a leg broken above the ankle, managed to extricate himself from the grinding mass and reached the shore about 9 o'clock at niuht. With the broken bones pro truding through the flfshand endur ing fearful agony, the man lay there all night. Sunday morning he at tempted to crawl along the beach when he was discovered by the chil dren of Andrew Wisnewski, a farm er. Wisncwski carried Neilson to his home and came to this place for a physician, i ' Chief Engineer Lund was last seen in his cabin a moment before it was washed overboard. He" is believed to have been killed. BIG FIRE IN FRISCO Involving a Property and Mer chandise Loss of $200,000 WHOLE BLOCK IS DESTROYED The, Fire Started in a Chimney In the Mentone Restaurant The Block is Surrounded by Market, Geary and Kearney Streets and Grant Avenue SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. Propcrty and merchandise worth $200,000 was destroyed by a fire to night which started in a chimney in the Mentone Restaurant and destroy ed nearly all of the block bounded by Market, Geary and Kearney streets and Grant avenue. One man was overcome by smoke and several were seriously injured. , SUES FOR WAGES. NEW YORK, ,May 4.-For three hours tonight Judge Hough in the United States district court listened to arguments which involved the question of the right of President Roosevelt to dismiss three companies of negro soldiers of the 25th infantry for connection with the Brownsville affair. Private Reid, the plaintiff, has sued the government for $122, his wages from the time he was dis charged to the expiration of his term of enlistment. His attorney contend ed that the enlisted men are protected by constitutional rights which the President is powerless to ignore even as the commander of the 'army and that the enlistment operated from the legal view as civil contract be tween a soldier and the government, Judge Hough reserved his decision but plainly told Reid's counsel that he would require considerable proof to convince that the relations of the enlisted soldier and the government amount to civil contract. ' fcii" sir . ' ' fbrsSect Shirt Found Covered With Human Blood SAME SIZE AS COLLAR The Arrest of the Suspected Man Is Expected to Occur Within the Next Few Hours BELIEVED ON RIGHT TRACK The Laundries Were Visited and the Mark 'on the Shirt Corresponds With th Mark of a Man of Bad Repute. ' " .v. PORTLAND, May 4-A shirt cov ered with human blood, which' was found Saturday afternoon"" behind a lodging house in the north end by the police, is believer to have been worn by the slayer of Nathan Wolff, the pawnbroker, who was murdered in his jewelry store Friday evening The police kept this find to them selves and not until today "did the fact that they were in possession of such a garment become revealed This was the only development in the case today and accompanied by the statement that a laundry mark on the shirt had not enabled the detectives to come to a nearer solution of the mystery. The arrest of a man who it is be lieved murderer the pawnbroker is expected to occur within the next few hours. Investigations resulting from the finding of a bloody shjrt at the rear of a north end hotel by the police placed the detectives on what they believe fs the right track. Th shirt has the same sized collar band as the collar found in Wolffs place of business after the crime was committed. A visit made to the laun dries of the city as had been done with thc collar and it is alleged the possessor of a laundry mark corres ponding to that on the shirt, is a man of bad repute. As soon as this was learned by the police every detective in the city was placed on the search for a suspect and though he has not yet been apprehended at a late hour tonight it " was expected he would soon be in the hands of the police. INDICTMENTS. DISMISSED. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4:-The prosecution this afternoon in the Ruef trial dismissed the indictments against W. I. Brobeck and. G. H. Umbsen, who with J. E. Green were jointly indicted with Ruef 14 times in the Parkside trolley franchise mat ter. This followed an action by Heney last Friday in dismissing the Green indictments after the latter had re fused to testify because he was a co defendant. Brobeck has already giv en his testimony and Umbsen will follow Green on the stand, testifying for the state. Green again took the stand and told of employing Ruef as an attorney for a fee of $30,000 to get the franchise from the board of supervisors after other means to get the franchise had failed. OVERRAN THE COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON, May 4. - The House completely overran the com mittee on appropriations in connec tions with several items in the sun dry civil bill. When the . measure was, laid aside for day $250,000 had been added to the sum recommended by the committee. ' ' FLEET UNITED. SANTA CRUZ, Cat, May 4.-The Atlantic battleships fleet was united once more today when the ships of the second squadron arrived from Monterey and the flotilla of six de stroyers joined it from San Pedro, the latter after pn of the stormiest voyages of the cruise. The Connecti cut is to proceed to Monterey to morrow and take on board Admiral Evans, after which the flagship will return at once to Santa Cruz, No ceremonies will attend the return of Rear Admiral Evans. CLEVELAND IMPROVING. LAKEWOOD, May 4.-Dr. Bry- ant, Cleveland's physician, stated to night that the formeif president was getting along nicely and had made considerable progress toward re covery. . . v , FIVE-INCH SHELL. Relic of the Civil War Explodes in an Armory. RIVERSIDE, Cal., May 4.-A five inch shell, a relic of the Civil War, exploded in the armory hall Sunday morning seriously injuring three per sons and damaging the walls and ceilings of the building. The acci dent-occurred after a supper which had been given during the evening by Company M of the National Guard. The cannot ball had long been in the possession of the company and it was supposed that the powder had been withdrawn. ELEVEN BODIES RECOVERED. FORT WAYNE, May 4.-A total of eleven bodies have been taken from the Avelin Hotel ruins. Only two more persons are now known to be missing. the Avelin Hotel was burned last night. , , LIST OF ENTHItS For the Sixth Annual Regatta at Philadelphia CORNELL ASKED TO ENTER New York, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Bos ton and Washington to be Rerpre senter St John's Military Aca demy to Enter. NEW YORK, May 4.-Although there are now eleven district college crews entered for the sixth annual regatta of the American Rowing As sociation at Philadelphia on May 22 a number which breaks all previous collegiate records, the boards of stewards is making a special effort to increase this by securing the entry of Cornell. The crews of which .the stewards are sure are Harvard two, Yale two, University of Pennsylvania four, Co lumbia one, Georgetown one, and New York University one. . There is only one drawback to the entry of Cornell. Cornell is promot ing a regatta of her own at Ithaca, one of the features of which is to be a dtlal race between' the junior eights of Cornell and Pennsylvania, but the stewards think that if Pennsylvania can enter a crew in, the American Rowing Association Regatta and then send an eight to Ithaca a week later Cornell can do likewise. The stewards have been virtually assured that they will receive entry of the St. Johns Military Academy eight of Delafield, WiJtonsin; for the" inter-scholastic race. The entry of this crew will make six school, crews in the race, twice as many as ever before entered. The stewards have not been able to make out a list of the club entries, because these crews always get a later start than the college men. There is no doubt, however, that New York, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Washing ton and Boston will have a good representation. BIG STACK TELEGRAMS From Newspaper Publish ers Throughout Country KORRIS ON STAND TODAY Amplifying These Statements Norris Presented a Mass of - Facts and Figures WILLINGNESS TO TESTIFY The "Committee Has Decided to Ad journ Friday Noon and go to Pal mer Falls to Investigate the Mill of the Hudson Paper Co. WASHINGTO, May 4.-An eight- inch stack of telegram from the newspaper publishers throughout the country, telling of the increased cost of print paper was submitted today! to a special house committee which is investigating that subject by John Morris of New York, who occupied the witness stand the entire day. Amplifying these telegraphic state ments Norris presented a mass of facts and figures substantiate of the charges brought against the Interna tional Paper Company by the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Associa tion. The committee has practically decided to adjourn at ioon next Friday and go to Palmer's Falls, New York, to inspect the mills of the Hudson River Paper Company and take testimony there relative to, the cost of production. Forty-six " newspapers publishers have telegraphed their willingness to come to Washington and testify. Chairman Mann requested that they be informed of the adjournment on Friday noon so as many of them as possible could come and testify be fore them. ' "DORE THORNE" COMING. To those who have never read Bertha M. Clay's famous novel, the following synopsis of the story will prove interesting, especially as "Dora Thome" will appear in dra mtized form at the Astoria Theatre one night only, May 10th. .This play and boks deals with a beautiful love story in a rural English home. An innocent girl daughter 'of a lodge keeper of an Englishman of high birth,, is loved by the son of the lat ter. The match meets with the dis favor of the young man's father, but despite the fact that the father in forms him eiher to give up the girl 1 or his home of luxury, he chooses "Dora Thome" and marries her The young girl, a pure and honest crea ture, loves the 'young man quite as well as he does' her but through the efforts of a young sailor the young sailor the young couple are separated and made to believe later that each had been unfaithful to the other.. This state comes about a3 the re sult of the efforts of Lady Chararis and the father of . the Earl.' The young sailor returns after two years voyage to find that Dora's favor has been transferred from him to the young noble-man and several compli cations arise from this, , which for a while take on a serious aspect. Tke' time arrives when honesty and faithfulness triumph, and the closing scenes find everything favorable for the young folks. ANARCHIST TENDENCIES. SAN FRANCISCO,.May 4-In th Fort Mason guardhouse is Private Buwalda of Company A, First Bat talion of Engineers. Buwalda had been identified as the soldier who shook hands with Emma Goldman at a meeting of anarchists and pledged her assistance. The identification was made by detectives of the local po lice force and he was ordered under arrest. Buwalda will be brought be fore a court martial v LOSES HIS SIGHT, v CHICAGO, May 4. A despatch to the Record Herald' from Muskegon, Mich., says: Specialists announced last night that Chas. Moore Hackley, Muskegon's young millionaire with a fondness for common labor, will lose the sight of both eyes as the result of a dynamite explosion last week. BAPTIST CONFERENCE. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-The Pacific Coast conference of the Bap tist Church will convene in the First Baptist Church on May 12th, the session closing on the 15th. A strong delegation is expected from Northern California and delegates will attend from Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Arizona. NURSES' CONVENTION. ' SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-An excursion train bringing delegates from all over the country to attend the eleventh annual convention of the Nurses' Associated alumnae of the United States arrived in . this city yesterday and more are coming. The opening session will be called on Monday morning at Golden Gate Commandery I fait. It is believed there will be an attendance at the convention of at least 500 women. BULKELEY'S BELIEF Brownsville .Affair Championed by Connecticut Senator LAWLESS MEXICANS BlAMED fSt. Favors Foraker Bill Requiring Re Inlistment of the Men Upon Their Statements of Innocence Import ant Features of His Bill . WASHINGTON, May 4-Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut, a member of the military affairs committee, spoke at length in the senate today on the Brownsville affair. Bulkeley declared his belief in the innocence of the negro soldiers and said that the rioters of the town in his judg ment were the lawless Mexicans from an outside town, assisted by the law less class in Brownsville. He insist ed that in the absence of light in the city on the night of the raid was suf ficient to impeach the testimony of witnesses who told of seeing several negro soldiers. Senator Borah inter rupted to say that the night in ques tion was an ordinary starlight night and that the theory of darkness had never been suggested except by men who wanted it to be a dark night. Fulton stated that while he was con vinced that the shooting up of Brownsville was done by the negro soldiers he favored Foraker s bill re--quiring the re-enlistment of the men upon their statements oj innocence. Foraker added that the bill had an important feature in its provision that should at any time evidence of the guilt of the men be discovered they would be tried by either the civil or military authorities and by having them back in the army they could be had at an time. Senate today passed a bill for $250,000 for the relief of the tornado sufferers in the south. ' ,